13 things about Miss West Virginia USA 2025 Erin Wellman

Erin Wellman competed in Miss West Virginia USA three times. She represented West Virginia, United States in the 74th edition of Miss USA.

BIOGRAPHY

Wellman is an American beauty queen from Princeton, West Virginia. She is David Wellman and Leslie Justus Wellman‘s daughter.

On October 2, 2025, Erin turned 24. She is two years older than her brother Jon Wellman.

From Princeton, Erin moved to Huntington, West Virginia. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From 2016 to 2020, she attended from Princeton Senior High School in Princeton, West Virginia.
2. In 2017, she visited the U.S. Virgin Islands.
3. She is Miss Teen Lemonade Festival 2017 and Miss Southern West Virginia United States Teen 2017.
4. In 2019, she visited Italy.
5. From 2020 to 2024, she attended Marshall University in Huntington where she earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science.
6. She was a Miss West Virginia Association of Fairs and Festivals (WVAFF) Queen 2020 semifinalist, a Miss WVAFF 2022 finalist and Miss WVAFF 2023 first runner-up.
7. In 2022, she became a medical scribe at Scribe America in Huntington.
8. In 2023, she visited the Bahamas.
9. She was Miss West Virginia USA 2023 fourth runner-up.
10. She was Miss West Virginia USA 2024 second runner-up.
11. In 2024, she visited Mexico and became a patient care assistant at The Village at Riverview in Barbousville, West Virginia.
12. She won Miss West Virginia USA 2025.
13. She was a Miss USA 2025 candidate.

TIMELINE

Erin is a blood donation advocate. She is passionate about supporting American Red Cross blood drives, a cause that has impacted her family and community firsthand.

2010s

• In August 2016, she entered Princeton Senior High School.
• In April 2017, she traveled to Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
• On July 30, 2017, she was crowned Miss Teen Lemonade Festival 2017.
• On September 10, 2017, she was crowned Miss Southern West Virginia United States Teen 2017.
• In April 2019, she traveled to Venice, Italy.

2020s

• In January 2020, she represented Princeton Autumnfest at Miss WVAFF Queen 2020 and competed against 90 other candidates at Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center in Charleston, West Virginia and finished in the Top 16.
• In August 2020, she entered Marshall University.
• In March 2021, she started dating her fellow Marshall University student Nathan Lanham.
• In January 2022, she represented the Cole Chevy Mountain Festival at Miss WVAFF Queen 2022, competed against 74 other candidates and finished in the Top 5.
• In October 2022, she joined Scribe America in Huntington.
• In January 2023, she represented the West Virginia Oil and Gas Festival at Miss WVAFF 2023 and competed against 82 other candidates. She was runner-up to Bridgette Altizer.
• In March 2023, she and Lanham traveled to the Bahamas.
• On June 4, 2023, she represented the Three Rivers Festival at Miss West Virginia USA 2023 and competed against 18 other candidates at the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts of West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, West Virginia. She was fourth runner-up to Nevaeh Harmon.
• On June 1, 2024, she represented the Sweetheart Festival at Miss West Virginia USA 2024 at the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts of West Virginia Wesleyan College. She was second runner-up to Caylie Simmons.
• In March 2024, she traveled to Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
• In August 2024, she joined The Village at Riverview in Barbousville.
• In December 2024, she graduated from Marshall University.
• On July 27, 2025, she represented the Barboursville Fall Fest at Miss West Virginia USA 2025 at the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Performing Arts of West Virginia Wesleyan College. She won the title.
• On October 24, 2025, she represented West Virginia at Miss USA 2025 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA. She was unplaced.